The MATERIALIX Final Conference “Enhancing Excellence with Clusters Collaboration & Innovation” will take place on 16 November, from 09h to 13h, in Oeiras (Lisbon) at TAGUSPARK. The event is organised by MATERIALIX Consortium and gathers a notable set of international speakers.

This International Conference aims to present to relevant stakeholders and experts about the findings of the MATERIALIX project, validate and collect their views (especially on the development of collaborative sustained models for transnational Cluster networks), but also to promote a discussion about Europe 2030 and the links between Cluster, Innovation & Research Policies.

This Final Conference is organised in cooperation with the EUROPEAN TOOLING PLATFORM (MANUFUTURE SUB-PLATFORM) and PORTUGALclusters, within the initiatives for the High Level Group Meeting of MANUFUTURE (organised by EWF), that will be held between 15-17 November in Portugal, which is an opportunity to:

ICT PLAST

Development of a Training Program on Advanced ICT Tools for enhancing Manufacturing Process Planning competences in Plastic Industries SMEs

Periodo: 24 meses

Comienzo: 01/09/2016

Coordinador: Asociación Valenciana de Empresarios del Plástico (AVEP)

Partners: AVEP, POOL-NET, PROPLAST, PSC, CIGIP-UPV, UB

Descripción:

ICTPlast is launched with the main objective of increasing the competences of technicians of Plastic SMEs related with Manufacturing Process Planning and exploitation of Advanced ICT Tools. The project will have the next specific objectives:

MATERIALIX

MATERIALIX

Strengthen cluster management excellence along the industrial new materials value-chain

Periodo:24 meses

Comienzo:01/01/2016

Coordinador: POOL-NET

Partners: AVEP, PLASTIPOLIS, POOL-NET, PROPLAST

Descripción:

Materialix intends to strengthen cluster management excellence in the field of industrial new materials as a way to provide more professional business services to European industrial SMEs through clusters and therefore contribute to the development of world-class clusters in the EU in this field.

For this purpose Materialix gathers a group of cluster management organisations from 4 different countries covering the entire value chain for the area of “clean technologies and green materials”, which is a key strategic area of Europe’s policy of smart and sustainable growth. Through the combination of these 4 clusters Materialixwill cover hundreds of SMEs in the fields of New and renewable materials, Recycling/reused materials, Renewable energy systems, High efficiency building and construction, Green transportation systems & components, Water and air treatment systems and Waste management & recycling, that will receive more professional business support services from their respective cluster organisations.

The objective of this call for expressions of interest is to identify a list of subcontractors candidates who shall be invited to submit a tender for cluster management excellence training services.

Expressions of interest should be submitted in English through the Annex I by electronic means at the following address: info@eu-materialix.com. The deadline for submission the Expressions of Interest is 11th July, 17 hrs Central European Time. After that, and under a Direct award Procedure according the Portuguese Public Contracts Code – here in after referred to as P.C.C., the contracting organisation will invite directly the subcontractors and send to them the Invitation to Tender and terms of reference relating to the contract in question. For more information see documents below:

Descripción: BANUS project aims to develop new multilayer structures for food packaging applications, in order to evaluate their properties as functional barriers, using conventional polymers to achieve new functionalities and open new potential markets for the traditional recycling companies in Europe. Additional Information

“This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research, technological development and demonstration (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° [606572]”

Descripción: SLIPSAFE is a large scale collaborative project funded by the European Commission, addressing the challenge of reduction of slip-accidents on wet floors, in particular, resilient flooring used in private and public buildings. The project aims to yield key innovation for the next generation flooring, and fits within the increasing focus on prevention of fall accidents. Additional Information

Rol de AVEP: Dissemination Manager

“This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement nº 606691”

Descripción: The main objective of the GREENPACK Consortium is producing prototypes of fully recyclable 100% PET trays for food preservation also by using recycled PET (RPET). PET trays will be designed for low-oxygen application and barrier properties will be based on specifically designed additives. The target is a mono-material fully-transparent tray which could be recycled for producing new trays.

A secondary goal of the project is designing and dissemination of a dedicated recycling model, inspired towards the replication and spreading of the recycling model of the 100% PET soft drink bottles, in the post-consumer phase, adapting its characteristics to the specific food package features. Additional Information

“This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 605698”